Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावद्वै दिवि तारकः । तावत्तदक्षयं दानं रेवाकुम्भेश्वरान्तिके

Transliteration

yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvadvai divi tārakaḥ | tāvattadakṣayaṃ dānaṃ revākumbheśvarāntike

Translation

చంద్రుడు సూర్యుడు ఉన్నంతకాలం, ఆకాశంలో నక్షత్రాలు ఉన్నంతకాలం, రేవా–కుంభేశ్వర సమీపంలో ఇచ్చిన దానం అక్షయమవుతుంది।

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (परिमाण/काल-पर्यन्त)

• candraḥ: the moon
• candraḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sūryaḥ: the sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (पर्यन्त)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• divi: in the sky
• divi: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (Vedic/poetic form of dyauḥ/ दिव्)

• tārakaḥ: the star
• tārakaḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tāvat: so long / that long
• tāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (तावत्) answering yāvat

• tat: that (gift/merit)
• tat: Karta (of implied ‘(bhavati)’ with akṣayam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karta-predicate (qualifier of tat/dānam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक; अ + क्षय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (अक्षय = ‘non-decaying’)

• dānam: gift/charity
• dānam: Karta (subject; apposition with tat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• revākumbheśvarāntike: near Kumbheśvara at the Revā (Narmadā)
• revākumbheśvarāntike: Adhikarana (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: revā-kumbheśvara-antika (प्रातिपदिक; रेवा + कुम्भेश्वर + अन्तिक)
• Form: Locative adverbial (सप्तमी-एकवचनान्तिके used adverbially); multi-member तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः कुम्भेश्वरस्य अन्तिके = ‘near Kumbheśvara on the Revā’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Kumbheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims offer gifts beside the Narmadā near Kumbheśvara; above them sun, moon, and a canopy of stars symbolize the promised duration of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Kumbheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) magnifies dāna, making its spiritual fruit enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Kumbheśvara, a sacred Śaiva site associated with the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving charity (dāna) specifically ‘near Revā–Kumbheśvara’ is praised as yielding akṣaya (imperishable) merit.